 | Robert Lowth - English language - 1763 - 226 pages
...of, after it, muft be a Noun ; and if a Noun, it ought to follow the Conftmftion of a Noun, and not have the Regimen of a Verb. It is the Participial Termination of this fort of words that is apt to deceive us, and make us treat them as if they were of an amphibious fpecies,... | |
 | Robert Lowth - English language - 1774 - 168 pages
...Pofleffive. Prepofitit.n if after it, muft be a Noun ; and if a Noun, it ought: to foll*w the Conftruftionfof a Noun, and not to have the Regimen of a Verb. It is the Participial Termination of this fort of wordl that is apt to deceive us, and make us treat them, as if they were of an amphibious fpeeics,... | |
 | Robert Lowth (bp. of London.) - 1775 - 442 pages
...of a Noun, and not to have thé Regimen of a Verb. It is the' Participial Termination of this fort of words that is apt to deceive us, and make us treat them, as if they were of an amphibious fpecies, partly Nouns, ana partly Verbs. I believe, there are hardly any of our writers, who have oot... | |
 | Robert Lowth - English language - 1791 - 192 pages
...Pofleffive PrepoHtion cf after it. muft be a Noun ; and if a Noun, it ought to follow the Conftruftion of a Noun, and not to have the Regimen of a Verb. It is the Participial Termination of this fort of words that is apt to deceive us, and make us treat them, as if they were of an amphibious fpecies,... | |
 | Robert Lowth - English language - 1794 - 198 pages
...ConftruQiouofaNoun, and not to have ihe Regimen of a Verb. It is the Participial Termination of ihis fon,of words that is apt to deceive us, and make us treat them , as if ihey were of an amphibious fpecies , partly Nouns, and partly Verbs. J believe, there are hardly any... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...which has the article be- • tore it, and the possessive preposition of after it, must be a noun ; and, if a noun, it ought to follow the construction...amphibious species, partly nouns and partly verbs. The following arc a few examples of the violation of this rule. " lie was sent to prepare tire way, by... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...word which has the article before it, and the possessive preposition of after it, must be a noun ; and, if a noun, it ought to follow the construction...participial termination of this sort of words that is apt todeceive us, and make us treat them as if they were of an amphibious species, partly nouns and partly... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 348 pages
...pofleffive prepofition of after it, muftbe a noun ; and, if a noun, it ought to follow the conftrudtion of a noun, and not to have the regimen of a verb. It is the participial termination of this fort of words that is apt to deceive us, and make us treat them as if they were of an amphibious fpecies,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 348 pages
...word which has the article before it, and the possessive preposition of after it, must be a noun ; and, if a noun, it ought to follow the construction of a nous, and not to have the regimen of a verb. It is the participial termination of this sort of words... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1807 - 290 pages
...word which has the article before it, and the possessive preposition of after it, must be a noun ; and, if a noun, it ought to follow the construction...make us treat them as if they were of an amphibious snecies, partly nouns and partly verbs. The following^re a few examples of the violation of this rule.... | |
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This rule arises from the nature and idiom of our language, and from as plain a principle as any on which it is founded; namely, that a word which has the article before it, and the possessive preposition of after it, must be a noun: and, if a noun, it... 
